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RICHARD W. JOHNSON

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RICHARD W. JOHNSON
Served on the Western frontier. Forced to surrender in his attempt to capture Morgan. Fought at Murfreesboro, Chickamauga, Chattanooga. Wounded at New Hope Church. Breveted after the battle of Nashville. Democratic candidate for governor of Minnesota in 1881. I am finally convinced that this is Johnson and not Speed Smith Fry by this entry: http://www.generalsandbrevets.com/ngj/johnsonrw.htm. Knees-up portrait by W. Webster, Louisville, with blindstamp on bottom of mount, recto. [3+]